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Mehmed Nuri Bey

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Mehmed Nuri Bey began in Harput'a bağlı adı belirtilmeyen köy in 1851/52 (AH 1268). Mehmed Nuri studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 17, in 1869/70, Mehmed Nuri began work. The annual lists begin in 1869/70, with Mehmed Nuri as Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı and no place named. Next came Harput from 1876 to 1878. The lists have no entry for 1878 to 1880. The last entries, from 1880 to 1886, name Mehmed Nuri as Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi, with no place.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 500 in 1885/86, when 58 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 23,040 kuruş, 66 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1885/86.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Mamuratülaziz as worded, no place record

    1869 to 1876 (AH 1286 to 1292)

    Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 7 years

  2. Harput

    1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1295)

    Aşar ikinci kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Keban Madeni as worded, no place record

    1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297) before it.

    Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    225 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303500 kuruşMuhasebe kalemi mülazımıAşar ikinci kâtibiBidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmed Nuri Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/7720042030015%
1877/7820045032515%
1880/8122540016%
1881/8222540016%
1882/8330040027%
1883/8427040026%
1885/8650040058%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Mehmed Nuri Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First work
1869 to 1876AH 1286 to 1292Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı
7 entries
YearSalary
1869/70
1870/71
1871/72
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75
1875/76
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1295Aşar ikinci kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1876/77200
1877/78200
1878
Harput200
No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
1880 to 1886AH 1298 to 1303Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
10 entries
YearSalary
1880/81225
1881/82225
1882/83225
1882/83300
1882/83270
1883/84270
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1885/86500
225 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Birthplace
Harput'a bağlı adı belirtilmeyen köy

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 2 officials with entries in Harput in the same years, Mehmed Nuri Bey had the lowest salary.

All 32 officials with entries in Harput

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Bey had the 210th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Bey had the 82nd highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nuri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1870/71AH 1287Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1871/72AH 1288Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1872/73AH 1289Ticaret mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1873/74AH 1290Ticaret mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1874/75AH 1291Ticaret mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1875/76AH 1292Ticaret mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1876/77AH 1293Aşar ikinci kâtibiHarput200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1877/78AH 1294Aşar ikinci kâtibiHarput200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1878AH 1295Aşar ikinci kâtibi (İnfisal)HarputAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiKeban Madeni225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiKeban Madeni225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiKeban Madeni225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ceza idaresi zabıt kâtibiMamuratülaziz300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi aza mülazımıMamuratülaziz270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet mahkemesi aza mülazımıMamuratülaziz270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet mahkemesi ceza idaresi zabıt kâtibiMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1884/85AH 1302Bidayet mahkemesi ceza idaresi zabıt kâtibiMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1885/86AH 1303Bidayet mahkemesi ceza idaresi zabıt kâtibiMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
1885/86AH 1303Aşar nezareti muhasebe refik-i evveliMamuratülaziz500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 21-223
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmed Nuri Bey with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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